I learned from Giovanna that their favorite animal is the horse, so I went looking for a good horse pattern. I found this one, the Crochet Pony Pattern, and started on it. I learned a little crochet a few years ago, but it has been a long time! It took me a while to dust off my single-crochet skills to get going.
This is also an amigurumi pattern (amigurumi comes from Japanese, it literally means a crocheted or knitted stuffed toy). There are different skills for making amigurumi, such as starting with a very small circle of crochet which has no center hole. This is called the magic circle, and I became pretty darn good at it as almost every piece of the pony is started with it!I had to change hook sizes a number of times before I had a good result - these were made with a size E hook and my leftover Calafate yarn from Textiles A Mano. I used some Caricia in navy blue and teal for the manes. Really, this was quite a fast project once I had a gauge that I liked. It took about three evenings to make both ponies.
I also had another motivation for making these - I loved My Little Pony as a child (although this pattern is based on the new series of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, which is also quite good in my opinion), and so it was a walk down memory lane to make a pony stuffed toy. :) I think they turned out quite cute, and I know the girls will love them. Give this pattern a try, it was a great project for my first amigurumi!
